Leisure+time

 __Free Time of the Egyptains__

Ancient Egyptians spent their leisure time cooling off on the rooftops of their houses. While there, they played senet, a board game similar to backgammon. They also played many other games, like dice games and Ouija.

The children would usually play outside while the adults played the board games inside, or on top of the house. The pharoah would be entertained by musicians, dancing, etc. Nobles would go to the banks of the Nile and hunt down water birds like storks and ducks and game for fun. Some farmers and nobles would go fishing in the lake and catch food for the servants to cook up.

The people of egypt enjoyed music and had parties for the rich adults and kids with musicians playing 5-stringed hollowed out harps to sytars to flutes to sistrums, rattles that usually had the head of Hathor on it. They had a garden with a pool with water channeled in from the Nile river.

Children would sometimes play with wooden dolls, cloth ragdolls, and other things.Children played khuzza lawizza, also similar to leapfrog. They also played tug-o-war and many games still played today. Girls played with beads and made necklaces to honor their favorite gods.

Unfortunately, we do not know everything about the Ancient Egyptians, and still need to find out the rest. There is still more to cover on all topics of the Ancient Egyptians. By: Matthew Chai 6A Works cited: [] [|www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/**Egypt**/guide.htm] [] [|www.touregypt.net/ featurestories/hunting.htm] [|www.wikipedia.com]